Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of People’s Republic of China, Jiang Zaidong has said that the China will continue to work with Pakistan to further deepen the iron-clad friendship and all-dimensional cooperation between the two countries.Addressing the reception celebrating the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the ambassador said that the China will uphold high-level mutual trust and firm support, take the lead in building of the China-Pakistan community with a shared future.He said that a strong China-Pakistan relationship is not only conducive to safeguarding the common interests of the two countries, but also to safeguarding peace and development in the region and even the world.He said as President Xi Jinping noted, China and Pakistan share a resilient bond, a brotherly bond, and also a bond built on trust and common values—an ironclad friendship that was forged through historical twists and turns and has grown ever stronger over time.He added high-level exchanges between our two countries have been frequent. President Asif Ali Zardari has just made another successful trip to China, following his state visit in February, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif travelled to China at the end of August to attend two major events, during which the two countries have released the action plan to foster an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era.He said that China will implement the important consensuses reached by President Xi Jinping and Pakistani leaders, and steadily advance the 63 measures in seven major fields outlined in the action plan.“We will fully leverage the comprehensive effects of the upgraded version 2.0 of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), focus on the three key areas including industries, agriculture and mining, upgrade the China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement, and promote more high-quality products from Pakistan to be exported to China.”He said, “We will follow the people-centered approach, prioritize people’s livelihood, jointly enhance the well-being of the people of both countries. We will implement more small and beautiful livelihood projects, strengthen cooperation in healthcare, education, and climate change response, and expand youth and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.”He said, ”We are ready to work with Pakistan to accelerate the building of an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era.”He said over the past 76 years, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has united and led the people of all ethnic groups across the country on a magnificent journey from “lagging behind the times” to “catching up with the times” and further to “leading the times”.
